Doug Burgum, Republican governor of North Dakota, is named to lead a planned new National Energy Council of sector regulators, while others are tapped for top posts at energy, transportation and environmental agencies.
Despite signs of global progress on climate change mitigation, the COP29 conference this year is underway in Azerbaijan as nations face still high carbon reduction hurdles and new political and financial strains.
The Biden administration is pushing to award grants and move funds to projects funded by signature infrastructure and climate measures before President-elect Donald Trump takes over.
Engineer-contractor giant cited project impacts and less-than-expected energy business earnings, but market watchers see key areas of growth next year.
Narrow majorities in Congress and bipartisan support for existing infrastructure spending may complicate any broad shift in policy, ARTBA's Dave Bauer says.